IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littlebald
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WA077004
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WA077004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994WA077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66497
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.8722229
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1975021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north 1000 feet east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: Clover Springs.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA077—Yakima
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, mixed Humic Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littlebald
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Littlebald
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy Humic Vitricryand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABAM

    ABLA

    CAGE

    LUHI

    OSCH

    PIAL

    PIEN

    POLEM

    THOC

    TSME

    VASI

    Abies amabilis

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Carex geophila

    Ludwigia hirtella

    Osmorhiza chilensis

    Pinus albicaulis

    Picea engelmannii

    Polemonium

    Thalictrum occidentale

    Tsuga mertensiana

    Valeriana sitchensis

    Pacific silver fir

    subalpine fir

    White Mountain sedge

    spindleroot

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    whitebark pine

    Engelmann spruce

    Jacob's-ladder

    western meadow-rue

    mountain hemlock

    Sitka valerian

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—33

    10—46

    46—60

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    7

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    1922

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    130

    650

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    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 94P01997
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01997. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01998. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01999. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    Bw2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02000. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    Bw3—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; 5 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02001. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    2Cr1—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular sedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. unspecified pH run by NaF.
    2Cr2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume angular shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular sedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. unspecified pH run by NaF.